Conrail's Office Car train will depart Altoona,
PA on Tuesday March 11, for a trip that includes mileage over CSXT's Mountain
Subdivision. The trip will be operated as follows:
OCS-401
Altoona, PA to Bedford
Park-CSXT, IL
March 10, 1998
Altoona, PA
OR
09:00 ET
1
Conway, PA
AR
12:10 ET
1
Conway, PA
LV
12:15 ET
1
Alliance, OH
PS
13:40 ET
1
Toledo-Emerald Ave., OH
AR
17:25 ET
1
Toledo-Emerald Ave. , OH
LV
17:35 ET
1
Elkhart, IN
AR
19:15 CT
1
Elkhart, IN
LV
19:30 CT
1
Bedford Park-CSXT, IL
TE
22:00 CT
1
OCS-501
Bedford Park-CSXT, IL
to Cleveland-Collinwood, OH
March 11, 1998
Bedford Park-CSXT, IL
OR
06:00 CT
1
Belt Jct., IL
PS
06:20 CT
1
Fort Wayne, IN
AR
12:15 ET
1
Fort Wayne, IN
LV
13:15 ET
1
Crestline, OH
AR
14:15 ET
1
Crestline, OH
LV
14:30 ET
1
Cleveland-Collinwood, OH
TE
18:30 ET
1
OCS-502
Cleveland-Collinwood,
OH to Newell, PA
March 12, 1998
Cleveland-Collinwood, OH
OR
06:00 ET
1
Ashtabula, OH
AR
07:00 ET
1
Ashtabula, OH
LV
08:15 ET
1
CP-Center, OH
AR
10:10 ET
1
CP-Center, OH
LV
10:25 ET
1
Newell-CSXT, PA
TE
15:15 ET
1
OCS-402
Newell, PA to Altoona,
PA via CSXT
March 13, 1998
Newell-CSXT, PA
OR
07:00 ET
1
CP-Brown, PA
PS
07:10 ET
1
Rivesville, WV
AR
10:00 ET
1
Rivesville, WV
LV
10:05 ET
1
Grafton-CSXT, WV
AR
11:30 ET
1
Grafton-CSXT, WV
LV
11:45 ET
1
Cumberland-CSXT, MD
AR
15:00 ET
1
Cumberland-CSXT, MD
LV
15:15 ET
1
Washington, D.C.
AR
18:45 ET
1
Washington, D.C.
LV
19:30 ET
1
Perryville-South, MD
PS
21:00 ET
1
Shocks, PA
PS
23:00 ET
1
Harrisburg, PA
AR
23:45 ET
1
Harrisburg, PA
LV
23:59 ET
1
Altoona, PA
TE
02:45 ET
2
-Kevin Burkholder, John P. Krattinger-Conrail
Technical Society
CONRAIL TRACK GEOMETRY TRAIN SCHEDULES
Conrail's "other OCS" is out on the road currently.
Many have asked if we have the schedule for this train, and here it is!
The track geometry train is differentiated by the silver roof tops of the
passenger equipment and the motive power is almost always Conrail B23-7
1933. The train will operate as follows:
March 9
Altoona to Harrisburg
March 10
Harrisburg to Hagerstown,
MD and return
March 11
Enola to Perryville, MD and
return (via Enola Branch)
March 12
Harrisburg to Morrisville,
PA to Oak Island, NJ
March 13
Oak Island to Port Jervis
March 14
Maintenance at Port Jervis
March 15
Idle Day No trip
March 16
Port Jervis to Gang Mills,
NY
March 17
Gang Mills to Niagara Falls,
NY
This train often operates behind or ahead of schedule.
We will keep the schedule current on the daily updates. - Kevin Burkholder
BLUE MOUNTAIN READING & NORTHERN PASSENGER SPECIAL
Reading & Northern will be operating a passenger
special also on Tuesday March 11 over their Lehigh Division. The train
is being operated for officials of the St. Lawrence & Hudson/ Canadian
Pacific Railway, apparently in an effort to show the CPR that the R&
N would be a viable route for traffic after the Norfolk Southern acquisition
of Conrail. St.L&H plans to route traffic via Harrisburg and establish
an interchange with Norfolk Southern in Harrisburg. Scheduled motive power
for the special is U23B's 2398 and 2392. -Kevin Burkholder
BLUE MOUNTAIN READING & NORTHERN ADDS MORE POWER
Reading & Northern has acquired another SD45-2
from Conrail. R&N 6656 was routed to the R&N via Selkirk on March
8. Conrail's SEAL-8 was delivering the 6656 for use on the R&N Lehigh
Division. -Kevin Burkholder
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TO BUILD SD90MAC/43's
CPR will assemble 46 SD90MAC/43's at Ogden Shops
in Calgary, Alberta. GMLG has a backlog at the London, Ontario facility,
so with the interest in keeping the delivery dates on track for CPR, CPR
will assemble the units. This program is similar to that of Conrail, where
Juniata Backshop assembled the SD80MAC order in Altoona, PA, and is currently
assembling the SD70MAC order. -Kevin Burkholder
CONRAIL SD70MAC UPDATE
Conrail is putting the finishing touches on the
4130, while work continues on 4131, 4132, 4133, 4134, 4135, 4136, and now
4137. The 4137 just entered the shop, and construction has begun from the
frame up. These kits are shipped in various forms, with cab assemblies
and carbody assemblies arriving by rail and truck at Altoona. These units,
numbered 4130-4144 will become the property of CSXT after the acquisition
of Conrail is complete. -Kevin Burkholder Return
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